California town seeks to criminalize wheelies on ’75 mph e-bikes’

In a reflection of the growing emotions in the United States against reckless electronic bike riders, a California city is preparing to approve a number of new restrictions and legal explanations for electronic bike riders.
This week, the Santa Barbara City Council will discuss proposed changes in its urban orders about electric bikes.
The move has been stimulated by many people in the city who have been discussed with riders who perform their bicycles in reckless or dangerous behaviors, often mounted near pedestrians on sidewalks or public disregard for passers -by.
As King Concerns are often associated with light electric motorcycles such as Soren, Hall and other similar bikes. These motorcycles are generally not legally defined by electric bikes in most of the judicial areas, including in California. Using them on public roads is usually illegal because it does not require most of the legal use of the street. Their intended use is a walk, such as firefighting roads and other off -road scenarios.
John Palmineter Kate explained, “Among them is Surreon.” “According to the manufacturer and through the online video testing, it can reach 75 miles per hour. There is even an additional correction that is said to increase the number of five miles per hour.”
In fact, most Sur Ron electric motorcycles are capable of speeding up to about 40-50 mph, although several popular online movies show their owners at a higher speed. Larger and higher performance models are also available, although they are significantly rare on the streets. Such bicycles are commonly used in the MotoCross scene.

Young riders traveling in the streets while wheel -drives on the SURN RON -style electric motorcycle have become a key image in discussing reckless riding in cities around the United States.
The suggested changes to Santa Barbara include the language to deal with the phenomenon, including “lighting the language that rides tricks or wheels during pedestrian presence or vehicles.”
Potential measures include “citation, an educational component, and an option to move a bike by a person illegally riding”.
According to Keyt, additional definitions and regulatory changes to the proposed instructions include:
- Defines what is insecure and offers examples of unrest. This section is applicable to any public street, public right, sidewalk, bicycle route, line or sequence.
- It requires riders to use bicycle lines if possible and on the streets without bicycles to the right or margin of the road.
- It requires riders to ride in single files, and not more than two thick except on routes or parts of the road that is abandoned for unique use of the bike.
- When leaving an alley, road, bicycle route, building or otherwise close to a sidewalk or sidewalk area, it requires the efficiency of the pedestrian.
- Riding a bike or electric bike on any sidewalk forbids it unless there is an active threat to personal or public security.
- The need to wear a helmet is properly for all riders under the age of 18, and all bikes or electric bikes have reflections that are both on the front wheels, on the rear and the rear of the bike.
- It prohibits the performance of the bike or electric bike on the road unless it is equipped with a brake that enables the operator to build a brake wheel on dry, surface and clean asphalt.
- Parking prohibits an electronic bike or electronic transport in a way that prevents a pedestrian or pedestrian route.
- It states that any violations of this Code will be punished as an administrative citation with a fine of more than $ 100 for the first violation, $ 200 for a second violation and $ 500 for any additional violations over a one -year period.

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